Posted on 10/29/2019 10:39:19 AM PDT by Liz
House Democratic leaders are walking back a planned vote Thursday that would officially endorse impeachment proceedings and say that the resolution would merely address the process of holding public hearings on the matter.
“This is not an impeachment resolution,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday morning. “I don’t know what an impeachment resolution is.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Monday that the planned vote was “not an impeachment resolution.”
Earlier in the day, Pelosi announced the House would vote on a resolution that “affirms the ongoing, existing investigation,” and “establishes the procedure for hearings that are open to the American people, authorizes the disclosure of deposition transcripts, outlines procedures to transfer evidence to the Judiciary Committee as it considers potential articles of impeachment, and sets forth due process rights for the president and his Counsel.”
Pelosi characterized the vote as one that would put to rest accusations by President Trump and the GOP that the impeachment proceedings are not legitimate because they were not sanctioned by an official House vote.
“We are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House of Representative,” Pelosi said Monday.
But Democrats are suddenly wary of calling it an official vote to open an impeachment hearing and aren’t even promising a vote on Thursday.
Hoyer said the resolution “addresses moving from the investigatory phase to the hearing phase,” of the impeachment proceedings, entering the public phase. Hoyer, who controls the floor schedule, would not fully commit to holding the vote on Thursday. “We are going to have to consider whether or not it is ready to go on Thursday,” Hoyer said. The resolution will be drafted and advanced Wednesday by the House Rules Committee, whose Democrats operate as an essential arm of the speaker.
Hoyer described the resolution as one that would establish a process for ending the closed-door investigatory phase of the impeachment proceeding, which has so far involved depositions taken in a secure room in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.
The House Intelligence Committee has been running the proceedings since late September, and lawmakers from Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Government Reform have been invited to attend and ask questions. The resolution expected Thursday would “address the process,” of ending the closed-door depositions “into a phase when we have public hearings.”
Hoyer added, “That is what this is: No more, no less.” The resolution is expected to provide the Intelligence panel with sole authority to conduct the public hearings, which departs from precedent.
Past presidential impeachment hearings involving both judges and presidents have always been conducted by the House Judiciary Committee.
The resolution is expected to provide minority Republicans with an opportunity to call witnesses and for Trump to defend himself against Democrats who accuse him of abusing power and obstructing Congress.
Hoyer said he didn’t know when public hearings would begin.“We still want to do this expeditiously, but we are not bound by any time deadline, Hoyer said.
Hoyer is a longtime political piece of shit. Go back and look at his role in endorsing emasculating changes to the old Immigration & Naturalization Act of 1954, in the late 80’s. It allowed communist sympathizers and other anti-American activists to come into the US literally unchallenged, a major change from denying known Soviet/Red Chinese/Cuban (etc) supporters and agents from coming in, based on the national security “threat” clauses of this Act.
Maryland should change its’ state animal from the Crab to the Weasel, with Hoyer’s name under it. He is a Democrat VARMINT of the worst kind, rabid, evil, and power-mad.
They must have gotten some bad polling data. The people are not ready to impeach the POTUS that destroyed Isis
They must have gotten some bad polling data. The people are not ready to impeach the POTUS that destroyed Isis
These vial POS must be looking at the polls and more importantly know they are accurate as they paid for them.
Pelosi was never on board, she stupidly allowed herself to get pushed into it, and knows that it’s weak as hell. She knows it, she’s always known it, and that says something considering she’s not exactly the brightest bulb in dashboard.
HEARD IN THE HOUSE CLOAKROOM:
Hoyer got his arse-ripped by Dems who stole Repub seats warning him that such a vote will end all of their careers.
Their careers are over anyways. What are they going to run on? “Vote for me because I can work on impeachment for 2 years and accomplish not a damn thing for you, your family or the country ...oh and not get an impeachment either! Vote for the same! “
I am speechless!
How can sane people live there?
Hoyer is 80 years old. He better be getting his affairs in order, instead of chasing his tail over impeachment. Two crooked Dem politicians from Maryland dead this month. Steny has a goodchance of being #3.
Dither, dather,, accuse dither s’more, whine complain, make up sh_t, dither, diddle, dither.
I hope so, otherwise, they will carry on their insane witch hunt until election day
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Stupid pelousy. Never got a Sinkhole around when You need one...
I had a phone call from My US House Rep Ted Budd (R) on Tuesday asking if I was interested in joining in a Telephone Town Meeting Wednesday evening. I believe that I will.
He’s helped Me with a few things over the last few years. One time I called His NC Office early in the morning and on the second ring He answered the phone Himself.
BOL.....now that's funny.
BOL.......
Past presidential impeachment hearings involving both judges and presidents have always been conducted by the House Judiciary Committee.
You get nothing
If you want something, come get it but don’t come with an army of crooked lawyers
There was never going to be a vote. There never will be. They just want to keep this noise going up to election day in hopes it will help their side.
“But the LORD stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.”
Jeremiah 20:11
Amen.
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